The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection is pleased to provide
this publication which shares the history of Tramping Lake in Saskatchewan
especially important to the settlement of German-Russians immigrating
from the Catholic villages of the Kutschurgan District, South Russia
(today near Odessa, Ukraine). Tramping Lake is situated in the eastern
part of St. Joseph's Colony.

As stated in the section of "The First Settlers": "In 1905, Bernhard
Hoffart Sr. came out to the Tramping Lake District to look over
the land and take up a homestead. He came from North Dakota by train,
to Saskatoon, then by team to Tramping Lake. On his way back to
the U.S, he met Anton Gutenberg Sr., John Jahner, George Reiter,
and Paul Fuller, who also came to Canada in search of a new
home. They filed claims for homesteads, paying $2, before returning
to the States for their families."

Book sections include "Our Ancestors," "The First Homes," "Personal
Memories from Our Ancestors," "Recreation and Social Life" and "The
Community in Two World Wars." Photographs include St. Michael's
Catholic Church and various photos of Tramping Lake.